Digimon Z Chapter 29

Foreword: I haven't given as much thought into this battle than I have with my others. In fact, I came up with it, just now.

"Shields are activating," reported Lizardmon. "Shields?" Tai asked. "Yes," answered Leomon, "Shields made of Chrome Digizoid. They keep the Brigade off our backs." "In that case," said Tai, "I'd better go now!" With that, Tai leapt out the the window. "Wait!" Leomon called after him. A metal wall appeared where the window was. He turned to the other Destined. "This isn't good," Leomon told them, "Our shields are automated. They won't go down, until there are no Brigaders in the town." "Tai," Sora whispered.

***

The CYBER flew towards the place where the BOUNTY was said to be. 3's plan was simple. He'd come firing. He figured Sting would have the normal reaction for organics. First, he'd inquire as to how Andro was alive. 3 would blast the BOUNTY and upon realizing the danger, Sting would then try to make a deal with 3, allowing 3 to finish Sting off. A simple plan. The CYBER's radar picked up on the BOUNTY. 3 armed the CYBER's missle launchers and targeted the BOUNTY. He fired. Just as he did, the BOUNTY juked out of the way, and turned towards the CYBER. 3 was answered by his missle-lock alarm going off. Then a series of missles and lasers flew from the BOUNTY. Surprising a robot like 3 was not easy, but Sting had done it. 3 thought to himself. The BOUNTY's projectiles tore apart the hull of the CYBER. 3 transmitted his memory to the others and within seconds, the CYBER was gone.

***

Tai walked into the streets and faced Metalshockromon. Metalshockromon looked at him. "You're the Warrior of Courage?" he asked. "That'd be me," Tai answered. "From what Knifemon said, I'd have expected you to be a little stronger," Metalshockromon said as he checked his scouter. "You mean like this?" Tai grinned as he started to draw in energy. The town started shaking and ground started to split. "How's that?" Metalshockromon checked his scouter again. "Much better," he replied. (A/N: I'm not going to bother coming up with all the power levels.) He put his scouter away. "No need in letting you break this." "Guess I'll have to break you instead," said Tai. "You really think you could an ultimate like myself? What a laugh!" "Yeah, well, Shockromon thought he was too much for me and my friends, and now he's dead." "Shockromon was a wimp. And you don't have anyone else here. Electro Beam!" Metalshockromon threw his fist out and a big bolt of electricity flew out. Tai leapt to the side and Metalshockromon moved the bolt after him, leaving a huge burn mark showing the bolt's trail. "Power Beam!" Tai countered with an orange beam. Metalshockromon leapt out of the way, but stopped his attack. Tai lunged at Metalshockromon and Metalshockromon launched himself into the air. He fired a ki blast at Tai. Tai leapt back, rebounded off a building, and charged at Metalshockromon with his fist drawn. Tai threw the punch, Metalshockromon blocked it. Tai threw another, but Metalshockromon blocked that too. Tai continued his attack, with Metalshockromon blocking each hit. Finally, Metalshockromon threw a kick and caught Tai in the stomach, sending him into the ground. Tai was able to land on his feet. Metalshockromon landed in front of him. "As you can see," he said, "I am much stronger and faster than you are." "You'd think that, wouldn't you?" countered Tai, "But your kick there was lacking in stopping power. I barely felt it." "Oh please," said Metalshockromon, "I know what you're doing. You're trying to psyche me out. Well, it's not gonna work." "Oh yeah, well let's see how you handle this. Scatter Shot!" (A/N: I had to throw in that DBZ move.) Tai threw a small ball of energy at Metalshockromon. It hit him in the chest and exploded. The smoke cleared, and Metalshockromon was still there. "What was that supposed to be?" "Scatter Shot!" Tai tried again. Metalshockromon moved slightly to dodge it. Tai started firing Scatter Shots as fast as he could. Metalshockromon flew into the air and manuevered around dodging each one. "That's it," he said, "Now, it's my turn!" He fired a beam at Tai. Tai leapt out of the way and started firing again. As usual, his shots missed. Metalshockromon hovered as the Scatter Shots went right by him. "Your aim is terrible!" he remarked. Then, one Scatter Shot moved in front him and just stayed there. "What the?" Metalshockromon looked around and saw that he was surrounded by Scatter Shots. "Didn't expect my guided Scatter Shots, did you?" Tai mocked. He made the shots start spinning. "No escape, this time. I bet even you can't move fast enough to dodge this." Tai made the Scatter Shots close in on Metalshockromon with a large explosion. When it cleared, Metalshockromon was still there, not even scratched. "I didn't need to dodge them," he said, "My power level's already so much higher than yours, that your little trap didn't work!" With unexpected speed, Metalshockromon lunged foreward and caught Tai in the stomach. Tai was knocked into the air. Metalshockromon darted behind him, and threw a kick into Tai's back. Tai fell to the ground. He landed was able to get back into the air just in time to dodge a beam. He landed breathing heavily. "You're stronger than you look!" Tai remarked. "That's because I'm an ultimate," answered Metalshockromon, "not one of those wussy champions you've gotten used to." "Yeah, well you made one mistake," Tai said. "What are talking about?!" Metalshockromon demanded. "While you were attacking me, I took the liberty of removing something you had." Tai held up his hand. In it was the crest of courage. "What?! NO!!" Metalshockromon checked around himself and that the crest he was holding was gone. "Give that back!!!" he yelled. "Bite me!" countered Tai. He closed his fist around the crest. It disappeared and reappeared around his neck. Tai then felt a large amount of enery rush through him. I guess this crest is mine after all. Metalshockromon pulled out his scouter. It exploded. "I-impossible," he stuttered, "T-that crest p-put p-power level a-at over 120,000! M-my scouter's m-maximum!" Metalshockromon charged at Tai as fast he could. Tai side-stepped and brought his fist up into Metalshockromon's stomach. Metalshockromon collapsed, clurtching his stomach. "Looks I'm stonger than you are, now!" Tai said. Metalshockromon snarled and flew into the air. Tai appeared above him. "That's not possible!" Metalshockromon screamed, "You can't be faster than me!" "I am now," Tai said. He punch and caught Metalshockromon in the face. Metalshockromon landed on his feet, but Tai appeared behind him and kicked him in the back. "How do you like being on the receiving end?!" Metalshockromon fired a beam, Tai deflected it with his hand. "Now, where was I? Oh yes. Giga Blaster!" This time Tai held both his hands out and two large missles formed. They caught Metalshocromon in the chest and all that was left of Metalshockromon was a smoking crater. A big crater.

***

"Sir!" Lizardmon reported, "The shields are coming down!" "Good," siad Leomon, "That means Metalshockromon's gone." "Is Tai alright?" Matt asked. "I'm not sure, we'll have to check." Everyone left the building. There they saw Tai, and a big crater. "What happened here?" asked Leomon. "Let's just say that Metalshockromon won't be back," answered Tai, "Ever again."

***

Tai was about to tell the others about his crest, when he found Sora hugging him as tight as she could. "tai," she said, "I was so worried." "I didn't know you cared," said Tai, grinning. "Well," Sora blushed, "you know what I mean." "I think so."

Afterword: Not one of my better fights, but not too bad. Next time, on Digimon Z: The DD's discover that the next crest is in a small base belonging to the Brigade and the one in charge of this base is...Scorchermon! Will the DD's be strong enough to handle this menace?